Yep, he's the only kid I've ever dared to make that comparison. Jordan is kind of off limits as far as I'm concerned. Funny thing with Wiggins is he's so far ahead of the rest, yet still a bit more raw than his peers. Upside is ridiculous.

The tanking to get him will be disgusting next year. I can see Toronto in particular going to extremes to get their hometown boy - like 5-7 wins.

Watching videos go Wiggins makes me hate the one year rule. Wiggins should be #1 this year, not next year.

I personally would like to see an option to come out after high school and if you don't there is a mandatory two years in college.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by Biggs

So I was very mad about the game, but I wasn't going to vent here, because you guys all feel the same way. However, Ty's postgame interview got my blood boiling. On why he let Trey and Gordon play while having bad games, "You gotta let them battle through it because that's what you gotta do." Really are you kidding me. You have to balls to say that when you pulled Alec after 16 minutes against LAC and Kanter got 19 minutes toinght?

This one shows a little more of his overall skillset. I'm bringing him up because we have at least a possibility of packaging picks and assets to move up to the 4 - 5 range (with a little dreaming on my part). It may be as easy to snag Andrew Harrison as some of these other guys we're talking about .. and I'd say he'd be a bigger get than Jeff Teague or Eric Bledsoe..

I suppose a little. He still looks mediocre as hell to me and I would never want him in the 1st round, even with the 30th pick. Honestly, he reminds me of a shorter, less athletic Fat Al.

I had the same thought that Al might be his best comp. I kinda threw up in my mouth.

Originally Posted by Biggs

So I was very mad about the game, but I wasn't going to vent here, because you guys all feel the same way. However, Ty's postgame interview got my blood boiling. On why he let Trey and Gordon play while having bad games, "You gotta let them battle through it because that's what you gotta do." Really are you kidding me. You have to balls to say that when you pulled Alec after 16 minutes against LAC and Kanter got 19 minutes toinght?

Watching videos go Wiggins makes me hate the one year rule. Wiggins should be #1 this year, not next year.

I personally would like to see an option to come out after high school and if you don't there is a mandatory two years in college.

Thoughts?

Calipari is pushing a baseball-like rule. Straight out or 3 years..

I hate straight to the NBA, myself (hear me out). I've been in the gyms when it was straight out of HS and I've been there when it was one and done. The amount of sleaziness going on with the NBA in HS gyms was terrible. It's bad enough as it is with the show companies, AAU teams, etc .. but throw in the NBA scouts, NBA 'runners' and it gets 10x worse and much more distracting for very young kids.

Also, it's MUCH better for the NBA to have the kids go to college for at least one year. I bet the NBA has taken a nice spike in viewership since instituting the one and done rule. I wouldn't have ever started watching the NBA otherwise.
It's also much better on the budgets of NBA teams. Now they don't have to send scouts to random HS games and spread their resources more thin than being able to watch the kids at a college level and see more than one kid at a time, usually.

The NBA management actually wants a 2 year rule. Less expense, more maturity of the players/less risk, and higher viewership (college fans following).

As for the kids? I don't know .. I'm conflicted. I agree with Calipari that all Div1 athletes of income generating programs (I'll explain why 'income generating' if anyone wants to know) should get paid about $5,000 per year to take care of little things like their car breaking down, taking a girl on a date, etc.

So in summary, I'm open to about anything, Calipari is still going to recruit the best, no matter the rules, but I would hate to see the NBA back in HS gyms.

This one shows a little more of his overall skillset. I'm bringing him up because we have at least a possibility of packaging picks and assets to move up to the 4 - 5 range (with a little dreaming on my part). It may be as easy to snag Andrew Harrison as some of these other guys we're talking about .. and I'd say he'd be a bigger get than Jeff Teague or Eric Bledsoe..

Yea, next years draft seems like it could be special. With the way things are going the Jazz might be in a perfect place to get some talented players.

Originally Posted by Biggs

So I was very mad about the game, but I wasn't going to vent here, because you guys all feel the same way. However, Ty's postgame interview got my blood boiling. On why he let Trey and Gordon play while having bad games, "You gotta let them battle through it because that's what you gotta do." Really are you kidding me. You have to balls to say that when you pulled Alec after 16 minutes against LAC and Kanter got 19 minutes toinght?

Watching videos go Wiggins makes me hate the one year rule. Wiggins should be #1 this year, not next year.

I personally would like to see an option to come out after high school and if you don't there is a mandatory two years in college.

Thoughts?

That's a tough one and has surely been debated long and hard by the NBA. It would be better for fans, but not for the kids. Those with even the smallest amount of hype or upside (think CJ Miles) would come out wanting the guaranteed money. 90% would fall on their face and wash out of the league with no skills beyond that. At least one year of college gives them a taste of higher learning and improved social skills.